Taronga Zoo Taronga Zoo News 2015

If you haven't already seen the detailed plans for the new tiger enclosures, check out the following links:

New precinct site plan: https://majorprojects.affinitylive....0318b21690ef8c8/DA-004 PROPOSED SITE PLAN.pdf

Demolition plan (showing overlay of exissting structures): https://majorprojects.affinitylive..../DA-002 EXISTING AND DEMOLITION SITE PLAN.pdf

Landscape plan: https://majorprojects.affinitylive....a0cffc6b339b1f8/Appendix E Landscape Plan.pdf

Cross sections: https://majorprojects.affinitylive....7401a0c3b4958408dbd0/DA-010 SITE SECTIONS.pdf

Report: https://majorprojects.affinitylive....ndix D Built Form and Urban Design Report.pdf


There will be three enclosures, two enclosed completely by mesh and one open air.

The Snow Leopard enclosure is going, as are the meerkats, fennec foxes and dhole enclosures.

Not mention of where they are going... though they mention the Sumatran Tiger Adventure will be home to the big cats (how do African Lions fit in the South Asian theme?)
 
Interested said:
If you haven't already seen the detailed plans for the new tiger enclosures, check out the following links:

New precinct site plan: https://majorprojects.affinitylive....0318b21690ef8c8/DA-004 PROPOSED SITE PLAN.pdf

Demolition plan (showing overlay of exissting structures): https://majorprojects.affinitylive..../DA-002 EXISTING AND DEMOLITION SITE PLAN.pdf

Landscape plan: https://majorprojects.affinitylive....a0cffc6b339b1f8/Appendix E Landscape Plan.pdf

Cross sections: https://majorprojects.affinitylive....7401a0c3b4958408dbd0/DA-010 SITE SECTIONS.pdf

Report: https://majorprojects.affinitylive....ndix D Built Form and Urban Design Report.pdf


There will be three enclosures, two enclosed completely by mesh and one open air.

The Snow Leopard enclosure is going, as are the meerkats, fennec foxes and dhole enclosures.

Not mention of where they are going... though they mention the Sumatran Tiger Adventure will be home to the big cats (how do African Lions fit in the South Asian theme?)
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Ok, so those plans are very clear, only the Tahr exhibit will remain. The plans do look nice, although I'm not a fan of the airport part, where you "fly" to Sumatra, given you are really already in what should be the SE Asia precinct. And then how does that tie to the Tahr? But the supermarket is a good idea, Melbourne's is very good.

@Interested; the Snow Leopards have left Taronga, the Malayan Tapir is expected to leave, the dholes have died, the Fennec Fox are in a new exhibit in the African Savannah area (see Taronga gallery for photo), and I'm sure the meerkats will reappear somewhere else very soon. I doubt the lions will be staying there for much longer, although they may be kept where they are until a new exhibit is built (and so would be off-display).
 
zooboy28 said:
Ok, so those plans are very clear, only the Tahr exhibit will remain. The plans do look nice, although I'm not a fan of the airport part, where you "fly" to Sumatra, given you are really already in what should be the SE Asia precinct. And then how does that tie to the Tahr? But the supermarket is a good idea, Melbourne's is very good.

@Interested; the Snow Leopards have left Taronga, the Malayan Tapir is expected to leave, the dholes have died, the Fennec Fox are in a new exhibit in the African Savannah area (see Taronga gallery for photo), and I'm sure the meerkats will reappear somewhere else very soon. I doubt the lions will be staying there for much longer, although they may be kept where they are until a new exhibit is built (and so would be off-display).
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Technically Taronga does not have a South-East Asian precinct anymore as Wild Asia has been rebranded to Rainforest Trail, probably to accomodate the fact that they can then stick in any rainforest animal to fill the gaps (even though the majority of the species in the precinct are Asian anyway).
 
Jabiru96 said:
Technically Taronga does not have a South-East Asian precinct anymore as Wild Asia has been rebranded to Rainforest Trail, probably to accomodate the fact that they can then stick in any rainforest animal to fill the gaps (even though the majority of the species in the precinct are Asian anyway).
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This is true, and sad, but you will still be walking past Sun Bears to get to the Tigers, so if you are supposed to "depart the surroundings of the zoo" to go to Asia its a bit odd. I really hope that Wild Asia is eventually reinstated in an expanded form, and suspect it eventually will be.
 
zooboy28 said:
@Interested; the Snow Leopards have left Taronga, the Malayan Tapir is expected to leave, the dholes have died, the Fennec Fox are in a new exhibit in the African Savannah area (see Taronga gallery for photo), and I'm sure the meerkats will reappear somewhere else very soon. I doubt the lions will be staying there for much longer, although they may be kept where they are until a new exhibit is built (and so would be off-display).
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Where have the snow leopards gone?
 
zooboy28 said:
Ok, so those plans are very clear, only the Tahr exhibit will remain. The plans do look nice, although I'm not a fan of the airport part, where you "fly" to Sumatra, given you are really already in what should be the SE Asia precinct. And then how does that tie to the Tahr? But the supermarket is a good idea, Melbourne's is very good.

@Interested; the Snow Leopards have left Taronga, the Malayan Tapir is expected to leave, the dholes have died, the Fennec Fox are in a new exhibit in the African Savannah area (see Taronga gallery for photo), and I'm sure the meerkats will reappear somewhere else very soon. I doubt the lions will be staying there for much longer, although they may be kept where they are until a new exhibit is built (and so would be off-display).
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Destination for Malayan tapir being?
 
zooboy28 said:
@Interested; the Snow Leopards have left Taronga, the Malayan Tapir is expected to leave, the dholes have died, the Fennec Fox are in a new exhibit in the African Savannah area (see Taronga gallery for photo), and I'm sure the meerkats will reappear somewhere else very soon. I doubt the lions will be staying there for much longer, although they may be kept where they are until a new exhibit is built (and so would be off-display).
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Thanks zooboy... I had missed the news for a while.
Massive shame, for me at least, because I always loved visiting the Snow Leopards. Gorgeous animals.
I guess the zoo decided they didn't fit in any more.

Personally find it a shame that space is wasted... sorry, 'wasted' on things like an airplane, a village, a supermarket, an event space (a children's playground) etc instead of creating even more state of the art enclosures for animals. However on the plus side, the zoo does focus on creating the best scenarios for the care and display of a 'hero' species.
 
Frala's baby boy has been named "Fubumi" meaning gift of God. From Facebook:

Frala’s little guy now has a name! The newest addition to our growing gorilla family has been named “Fubumi”, an African name meaning “gift of God”. The two-month-old continues to grow in strength and can often be spotted clinging on tightly to mum’s back.
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According to the most recent post on Facebook, cottontop tamarins are going on display (or are currently on display?) on the island formerly inhabited by Mary the Muellers gibbon.
 
Jabiru96 said:
Seven feathertail gliders have been born: https://taronga.org.au/media/media-release/2015-06-26/big-breeding-success-for-tiny-flyer

A female New Zealand fur seal is being card for after a shark attack: No Cookies | dailytelegraph.com.au
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The female New Zealand fur seal has been released off Sydney Heads. From Facebook:

This plucky New Zealand Fur Seal returned to the wild yesterday, after surviving a brush with a Cookiecutter Shark and being nursed back to health at Taronga Wildlife Hospital. The juvenile female was brought to Taronga in June after being found stranded between rocks at Malabar with multiple shark bite wounds. Responding well to treatment, the seal made a speedy recovery and was released back into the ocean outside Sydney Heads.
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that is very sad news, unfortunately not entirely unexpected given her age. Interestingly the article says that the zoo already had a resident female Long-beaked Echidna when the London Zoo trio arrived in 1994.
After a short stay at Taronga, Sheila moved to London Zoo in 1965 and remained there until 1994. It was there she was introduced to JR and another female named Digger. 1994 was a significant year in Taronga’s history, as Sheila, JR and Digger were flown to Sydney to join the Zoo’s resident female, Snuff, as part of a planned breeding program.
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I heard about this last week - very sad news. I wrestled with her once (and lost).

:(

Hix
 
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